The first thought I had upon seeing the name on the very loud styled label was ‘Shit buddy, we’re your friends, not your freaking relatives, so break out the good stuff!’
"Ignore the label and just try it..."Thankfully I have mellowed as I gotten older and rather than blurting out that thought, ‘Remember Bear in a Boat Pinot?’ popped into my head followed by ‘you can’t always judge a book by its cover’. My next thought was ‘wow, Amy’s butt looks great in those jeans!’ but that is another story, though Amy does say I don’t give her enough credit for her photos or mention her enough on the blog… happy now Amy?
Getting back on topic, Bear in a Boat Pinot Noir was a wine I picked up because the label made me laugh. When I got around to trying the wine, I really liked it and since then tend to not take bottle, label or packaging as much into my preconceptions in judging a wine.
The starter was an old favourite which we hadn’t had in awhile – prosciutto-wrapped curried shrimp and we sat down to enjoy them with some Kung Fu Girl Riesling.
The nose on the wine was stupid mild to almost nonexistent, there was a bit or tropical fruit happening on the nose, well there was if you were a Bloodhound in another life and some of that super sensitive nose carried over. OK, so loud label, no nose, good start so far. Tasting the wine I was much happier; huge nectarine and pineapple flavour right off the start with fresh acidity slicing through the sweetness like a Samurai sword through butter. The initial favour and taste on the wine was big, but then it quickly fades away. I found myself enjoying this wine and it was excellent with the shrimp.
Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 87, Mark - 88, Kathy – 86, Amy - 88, Overall – 87.25
The wine was picked up by Amy in the US and after a quick web search looks like it sells for about $13 US a bottle ($20 CDN after taxes, duty and exchange). Not a bad wine for the price point.
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